Steven Gimbel

Gebundenes Buch

Isn't that Clever

A Philosophical Account of Humor and Comedy

Beschreibung

Isn't That Clever provides a new account of the nature of humor - the cleverness account - according to which humor is intentional conspicuous acts of playful cleverness. This volume asks whether there are limits to what can be said in dealing with a heckler and how do we determine whether one comedian has stolen jokes from another.

Autor

Steven Gimbel is Professor of Philosophy at Gettysburg College, USA. His paper "Heckler Ethics" received the Joseph Ellin Memorial Prize for best paper given at the seventh annual meeting of the Lighthearted Philosophers' Society. He was also an amateur stand-up comedian for several years, regularly performing at comedy clubs around the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 459g
• ISBN-13: 9781138082151
• ISBN-10: 1138082155
• Artikelnr.: 48734825